An Evaluation of Modal Verbs Teacher-Trainees Used in Writing Long Essays and Assignments

Table 5.

Improper of modalform verbs in students’ long essays

Kinds of modal verbs Total freq. Improper tense

Can 364 67
Will 228 40
Would 104 51
May 98 3
Might 15 1
To be able/to 56 3
Need/to 46 2

Total 811 167